base of operations
noun phrase
: main offices : headquarters
The company's base of operations is (in) London.
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Blackbeard made the region his base of operations until his death in 1718, when the island returned to being a bustling port.
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Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
The new outfit will serve as a bridge linking Western Europe with Eastern Europe, Vasilyev hopes, while also connecting with his current base of operations in Moldova.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Big Red Cats has its headquarters, where guests meet, in town at the foot of Red Mountain, but its base of operations starts at a turnout off one of the remote zones of the Powder Highway.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Two disaster relief units — tractor-trailers stocked with tools and equipment — also departed on Friday from North Carolina, where Samaritan's Purse is headquartered, to serve as a base of operations for volunteer teams, the group said.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2024
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Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
The new outfit will serve as a bridge linking Western Europe with Eastern Europe, Vasilyev hopes, while also connecting with his current base of operations in Moldova.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Big Red Cats has its headquarters, where guests meet, in town at the foot of Red Mountain, but its base of operations starts at a turnout off one of the remote zones of the Powder Highway.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Two disaster relief units — tractor-trailers stocked with tools and equipment — also departed on Friday from North Carolina, where Samaritan's Purse is headquartered, to serve as a base of operations for volunteer teams, the group said.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Base of operations.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20of%20operations. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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